Season 3: Legends Song Voting, Group A, Prince Region

The 80s-est gives song choice to its listeners...

This season, on The 80s-est, we’re doing things a little differently. In the past, we chose songs we thought really represented the sound of the decade, many from artists who did not last beyond said decade. We wanted songs that belonged firmly in the Reagan era.

This time, we’ve chosen–with your help–artists who defined the decade. Many of these artists were huge before the 80s, and many of them started in the 80s and remained relevant for many, many years after.

We’ve chosen these artists, but we haven’t chosen their songs. Instead, we’ve selected four of each artist’s biggest hits. And we’re asking you, listeners, to decide which song will represent each artist in our bracket.

Another change: gone are our standby regions. This time, we’re not shoehorning these songs into categories. We won’t have a Movie Region that creates a desperate search for film songs, culminating in people ragging on “Iko Iko.” We won’t have a Foreigners (without Foreigner) region…and Foreigner is actually in this bracket!

So put on your choosing hat, shine up your opinions and let us know which songs should make up…

THE LEGENDS BRACKET.

THIS IS THE PRINCE REGION!

What artists can stand in the same arena as The Purple One? It would take acts of such prowess as to leave humble singers like Billy Vera cowering under the weight of their own inadequacy. No, to accompany Prince to his region in the Legends bracket, we needed fellow legends. Legends like The Pointer Sisters. Like Whitney Houston. Like Eurythmics. Also Bob Seger, because we needed someplace to stash him!

In case you don’t remember every single one of these songs, we have included, at the end of this page, a Spotify playlist of every song on this page, in the order presented!

(Due to poll item length restrictions, some titles are truncated or abbreviated.)